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Am growing borlotti beans for the first time and planning my climbing structure. Anyone know what they like to climb up?
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No different to runners -
They get HUGE!Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poetComment
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Thanks. Am growing next to alderman peas so will need to be a good height. Never grown runners but looked at options and I think a cane structure would be fine with some string around it for both peas and beans?Comment
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Beans climb without string - they follow the sun and circle around the cane....peas hand on with tendrils, so need netting for support.Comment
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Depends on the variety, some are even dwarf and wont get taller than about 18 inchesOriginally posted by Derbydal View PostComment
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Never grown them. I was put off when someone handed me a borlotto bean straight from the pod and said try this. It was bl@@dy horrible! I've never tried any other variety of bean straight from the pod so I have nothing to compare it to.
I wouldn't mind trying to grow them because they are very pretty. I really must research the best way to treat the finish product, because it's definitely not raw!Comment
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Were they trying to bump you off?Originally posted by Small pumpkin View Post
Beans are poisonous raw.
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SP, they are simply amazing, freeze or dry, delicious in anything
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Got a batch soaking as we speak, going to make borlotti houmous
Location ... NottinghamComment
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Just remembered I had some borlotti and peas chitting. Better get these sown today I reckon.Comment
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That's very early for beans? They grow fast and are very tender.Comment
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More so than peas? Hope I haven’t gone too early. Had planned to put in the gh with my peas until soil was warm enough to put out.Comment
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